Recent content by BrewinJack

No not really,I normally let it ferment till it stops, it turns out pretty dry. I did a couple of batches where i cold crashed it by bringing the temp of the juice down to around 40 degrees over one night. Everything fell out of solution and had no yeast activity. I did eventully find out i...

Its has been in the bottle for over a year now, haven't opened it since last new years. Its clear as a bell and has a beautiful caramel color and smells amazing. Last year it was massively fiery with the ABV. If i had half a mind I would run it though a pot still and make apple mead brandy. I...

Cheers mate, and good luck... post back let me know how it goes.

Damn, I am shocked you guys still read this. To answer your question. I never did rack. This idea was to add fermentable along with more liquid. Basically turing up the achohal slowly enough, and with more neutrients to yeast to live as long as possiable. So I started with a 5 gallon carboy and...

thanks....

You got this on copy and past dont you Rev? Only the 4th time I have seen you splat it down today. Great advice Rev. :mug:

Recently I have had alot of luck with clones, been playing about with cloneing some of my favorite comercial beers. Just bottled Scarecrow Pale Ale clone, and have an Winters Burbon Cask Ale clone in primary. I want to try and go for an Amber Bock Clone. I personally love Michalobe's bock...

I get 90% of everthing from my LHBS, but anything else I get from either midwest homebrewer, or from amazon.com. Decent prices, great slection, and easy to work with. The only trouble i ever had was with the shipping company directly, and they cant help it if fed-ex or the post office dosent...

I dont much like botteling either, its mindless, repetitive, and alot of work. I dont brew enough to keg though, just means I don't bottle all that often.

The Bells brew shop in Kalamazoo will help you put togather a clone kit right there in the store if you ask the guys behind the front desk nicely. They helped me put togather an winter white clone and I was in there the other day while they were helping a guy with an Oberon clone kit and a...

Whats your recipe look like?

do you often use kits? It is in my observation that kits very often don't have enough extract or have instructions which have leave ones OG a bit lacking. I have found that often enough even that when youve completed your boil the OG is fine but when topping off you lower the temp cause a...

hmmm. I too have hard water. Never noticed if my lighter beers had an aftertaste more then my darker. considering I don't often do them its not entirely impossiable. I would say that RO water would be ideal for all types of brewing not just lighter colored beers.

I have a 30 gallon toat that I fill 1/3 full of ice or snow (depending on the season) and then take my pot and snug it down in there. Takes about 30 min. Old school. Drink them in good health

Reasons for cloudy beer after primary listed most common to least common. An excerpt summarized and badly misspelled from "The Home Brewery: Home guide to brewing, fermenting, and other self sufficient task." Presence of soluble compounds and minerals : This will cause beer to appear cloudy...